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MAME
The MAME community
2
Weird how Nintendo didn't give a fuck about Citra until after the fact.
Yuzu
Tropic Haze
3
One of the most feature-complete and accurate emulators out there, and it's been like that for 8 years since 5.0 dropped.
Dolphin
Dolphin Emulator Project
4
Much like Icarus, they flew too close to the sun. Also, like Icarus, they were making money via a public Patreon like idiots.
Ryujinx
Ryujinx team
5
Just the beginning of Gaben's 50 year revenge plot against Microsoft
Proton
Valve Corporation, CodeWeavers
6
"So I'm playing Secret of Mana with my friend Senate over ZSNES. We just got to The Empire (more than halfway through the game), and he's still wearing his fucking power wrist[...]"
ZSNES
ZSNES Team
7
The OTHER great SNES emulator. The best desktop icon, guaranteed.
Snes9x
Snes9x Team
8
Lots of effort by many fans to allow PC gamers to get their hands on one game, maybe two.
RPCS3
DH, Hykem, AlexAltea
9
If you play it on your smartphone, you'll get the same experience as you had in middle school, including the porn saved on it.
PPSSPP
PPSSPP Team
10
Impressive compatibility, except for the fade transitions on RPG Maker
DuckStation
stenzek
11
2 men, a dream, and one hell of a BIOS to deal with. With time, the help of others, and a shit-ton of plug-ins, we eventually got something with more than 59% compatibility.
PCSX2
PCSX2 Team
12
Why use one emulator when you could have them all?